Exploration
This is the trade system that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the exchange of raw materials, people sold as slaves, and manufactured goods.
What is the "triangle trade" or the "Atlantic slave trade"?
This is the process of people moving from the countryside to cities.
What is urbanization?
An economic system where people mostly produce their own goods. When they need something they can't produce, they trade with their neighbors. This type of system is rooted in traditions that have been passed down from generations.
What is a traditional economy?
In this method of control, European nations took full control of colonized nations. They imposed their government and culture on a colonized country and require people to "assimilate" to European behaviors and values.
What is direct control?
This is the name of ANY Taylor Swift album.
What is ____?
Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, or Midnights
This is the term for the transatlantic trade of crops, technology, and culture across the Atlantic, named for an explorer credited for being the first to record his voyages to the Americas so that others could repeat the passage.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
These are two causes of the Industrial Revolution.
What is (any of the following):
-farming innovations
-machines replaced human and animal power
-could produce more food with less labor
-population increased
-demand for goods increased
In this economic system, people act in their own self-interest and the desire for profit fuels economic growth. Competition between individuals or companies regulates the economy and the government does not do anything to control prices or production.
What is a market economy?
This motive of imperialism focused on gaining power by controlling more places and people around the world
What is "military" or "political"?
This band is the number one best-selling band of all time.
Who are The Beatles?
This set of ideas, also known as "The 3 Gs", summarizes the major motivations for European explorers.
What is "gold, glory, & God"?
These are two reasons that the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain.
What is (two of the following):
-political stability
-no wars being fought on their soil
-abundance of natural resources
-entrepreneurs were willing to take risks
In this type of economic system, individuals can start their own businesses and compete with others to make the most profit. However, they must pay taxes to the government, and the government controls some of the things businesses can and can't do. The US is an example of this system.
What is a mixed economy?
This way of thinking uses the "survival of the fittest" approach for cultures, justifying imperialism through morality and the social belief that Europeans were superior and had the right to conquer other cultures
What is "social Darwinism"?
This was the most-streamed song on Spotify in 2022.
What is "As It Was" by Harry Styles?
These are two effects of European exploration on indigenous populations in the Americas.
What is (any of the following):
-decline in population
-death by disease
-enslavement
-loss of land
-exposure to new crops & animals
These are THREE reasons you could give to support the stance that industrialization was more HARMFUL for society.
What is (any of the following or additional):
-child labor
-difficult working conditions (safety, health, length, etc.)
-women working in factories - dangerous conditions, less pay
-decline in family life/time spent together
-environmental pollution
-overcrowding in cities, lack of sanitation, poor living conditions, tenements
In this economic system, the government has full control over the economy. It can decide what job people will have, how much money people should be paid, what goods are produced, and who gets what resources.
What is "command" or "communism"?
This motive of imperialism focused on gaining access to resources that Europe lacked and access to new places to sell finished goods.
What is "materials & markets" or "economic"?
This artist was the most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify in 2022 (a record this artist has held since 2020).
Who is Bad Bunny?
These are THREE reasons you could give to support a claim on whether Columbus statues should be returned to Grant Park. (Choose whichever stance your group wants to take!)
ANSWERS MAY VARY
These are THREE reasons you could give to support the stance that industrialization was more BENEFICIAL for society.
What are (any of the following):
-easier/quicker transportation
-easier communication (telephone)
-electricity - lightbulb
-cheaper goods
-inventions (steam engine, water frame, telephone, architecture, etc.)
-population growth
-medical discoveries (vaccines, x-rays)
-labor unions & reform
This is a style of command economy that has heavy government involvement, but where some factors of production (land, labor, capital) are still privately owned. Individuals have some control of their economic decisions, but the government will intervene to make sure there is never too much inequality.
What is "socialism"?
These are two effects of European imperialism in Africa.
What is:
-loss of land for African people
-land was divided with no regard for ethnic groups
-forced assimilation, or loss of culture and traditions, for African people
-increase in Christianity in Africa
-new methods of transportation & communication (roads, railroads, canals, telegraphs, newspapers)
-schools and hospitals built
This famous band includes a man named Lindsey and a woman named Stevie who were known for an on-again off-again romance that was the subject of many of their most famous songs.
Who is Fleetwood Mac?